 I know this looks completely redneck. All right guys, welcome on back to the channel into deer camp at the deer lease. One of my favorite places in the world. So here's the deal. We are at the end of the deer season. Essentially this is gonna be my last time out here. My dad is gonna be joining me tomorrow. I'm trying to get him on a buck. I'm yet to officially get a deer down, a white tail down this season. Really the goal this week for the next three days really is to try to get two white tail deer, two bucks. But I'm gonna do something different on this one. So where I'm sitting right now, I filmed a lot of parts of my videos right here. This is deer camp base. This is where everyone hangs out. This is where we eat. This is where we make campfires. You know, it's all about just having a good time around the camp right here. But there is a feeder, about 170 yards from me. We fill it, but no one ever hunts it. We, every once in a while, we'll see some pigs running around, maybe shoot something like that. But late season, there are some bucks that start showing up right here. And I have seen some bucks over the last couple of weeks that have started showing up. It's not a guaranteed thing, but they do come to this place. If everyone's quiet, like no one is here right now, everyone's out hunting. You'll see some deer that come to this feeder. And there are two in particular that I'm looking at. One is a really old seven point. You know, his antlers are kind of messed up. He's seen some years. I'm gonna guess he's over six years old, but he's got a big mature body and everything like that. Not a spectacular antler specimen, but just a cool old deer. And he's coming right behind the house. He's been here the last two mornings. So we're sitting here in the evening and there's another deer that is probably one of the biggest deer I've ever seen out here that has, every once in a while, he'll come. He's a big old 10 points. Some other guys, mullet man included that was trying to hunt this deer last time. He just, he goes to like five different feeders. He's all over the place, inconsistent. But this is one of those places he does come. And if he shows up, I'm going to shoot him. This is a kind of a sneaky spot that no one ever hunts. And I just decided, well, you know, why not? I'm going to sit here. And I'm going to be hunting with my new long range rifle. This is the Bracebilt Wild Mesa series in 6.8 Western. I've been hitting this 500 yard target out here pretty consistently. So it's very accurate at long range. You know, my shot could be at 200 yards. I've set some corn out like kind of pass the feeder in some open areas. But most likely it's going to be right under that 200 yard point, which is just a easy little lob for this gun right here. And I'm hoping to get my first deer with this, this way you can really break it in right. So I'm going to start lowering my voice right now because it's past three and we could see deer anywhere from now until dark. So now we got to set up our shooting position. We're not going to be shooting off this table right here. We're going to be having to sit down and or maybe even stand up to shoot over this little guardrail over here. So let's go over here and let's look at what direction we're going to be shooting. All right, so this is the back porch right here. And it's a pretty clear area that deer can definitely see me from up here. So I got to be sneaky about it. I'm going to get a shooting position set up, try to get where I can get really stable. But this is it. We got a roof over our head and everything. Kitchen's right there behind us. So for those of you that don't know, I participated in the SIG 100 games over the summer. And I learned a ton. And one of the things that I learned about long range shooting is the importance of many different points of stabilization in using whatever you have around you. Whether it's a tree, whether it's a bag, whether it's a friend that's hunting with you to help you stabilize. And think of it like when you're climbing, you always want to have multiple different points of contact. You just don't want to have one hand or two hand. You want to have lots of different holds. Using a bag is awesome. And you don't even have to have a bag. You can take a jacket, stuff it in like a sack, like a stuff sack or something. You can use that. There's a lot of different ways you can set up shots. The best thing is prone. If you're trying to shoot long range because you have so many different points of contact, you literally have the ground. If you're shooting under 100 yards, it's not a crazy big deal. But when you get like 200, 300, 400, 500, those little, little bitty movements make the difference. And when you're trying to, you know, get a big buck, you want to make sure you're stable and confident. Anyway, I'm going to set off to the side and I'm going to check with my binos. I've also got a camera down there with motion detect, so it'll let me know if something's moving around there. But I want to know before they even get into the, into the pin, I want to have the opportunity because both these bucks, they don't stay there for very long. They're just kind of passing through. So bolt closed, safety on, feels good. Now let's literally wait by the house for a deer. I just dropped that deer in his tracks with the Western. I think there was another buck. I don't know if it was that other 10 point that jumped out when I shot. I just saw antlers running through the scope, but holy cow, that's my first buck I've ever dropped. Like straight up on a shot. I just went right at the shoulder with that 6'8 Western and you just hear the thud. That thing dropped him like a sack of potatoes. Holy cow. I'm shaking like a leaf. That was a deer that I hadn't seen on camera for like a month. And then he disappeared a couple of weeks ago and then he just came back recently, like the last couple of days and that thing just put him down. So that's an awesome, that is an awesome buck. I'm so glad it worked out this way. That's not a trophy deer, but it kind of is for me. It's just a really cool deer. I don't know, just really like him, you know? This rifle is one for one and zero foot steps. So that's what I like to see, y'all. I just adjusted my MOA and aimed right on that shoulder. So beautifully accurate and that deer's down. So let's head down there and let's check out this deer, man. Can't believe this worked out this way, y'all. Literally hunting at the house late season. It feels good. Feels good to get my first whitetail here. Can't believe I'm saying that. This is our deer. Really good looking mature deer. You know, he's not much for antlers, but he's a mature buck and for out here, for a buck to only have antlers like that when they're, you know, at least four years old. It's just not a good thing. Yeah, his teeth, his teeth don't feel very sharp. They've kind of been worn down. So, you know, I don't know the best way. I don't know if there is a super accurate way to really get the deer's actual age, but I just kind of look at how their body compares to their leg length. You know, if they look kind of short in their front legs, their chest gets a little sag. And just overall body size, more than antlers itself, but he's definitely a mature buck and he's a great one to take. He's gonna be a good eater. We'll load him up and get out of here. Look at this buck right here. The sun's going down behind me. It's a little cloudy, but beautiful way to end the evening, man. This is a pretty heavy buck. It's one of the bigger body bucks that I've taken out here and he's going to eat really good. I'm gonna do something different with this guy and do some more bone-in recipes and try some different things, but I just thought what a cool buck. He's all scarred up on his back and his sides from fighting. He's obviously, and he's had a good run. He doesn't have a whole lot going on with antlers, but God, they're all just scratched up and beaten. He's definitely used what God gave him out there in the forest. Normally, I aim a little bit farther back for double lung. This thing is so accurate, I just wanted to try for just straight on the shoulder and try to drop the deer and that's exactly what it did. So when I'm taking this deer apart, we're gonna see what that six, eight round really did, but just couldn't be happier with the rifle. Trigger on it is amazing as well and couldn't be happier with the deer, man. So that is it for today, guys. Go ahead and smash that like button for me finally getting my first whitetail of the season and if you wanna stay tuned, subscribe here to the channel. My dad is gonna be hunting with me in the next few days. My goal now is to try to get him on his whitetail for the season, his one whitetail and his second whitetail of his life and I enjoy the heck out of doing that, spending time with my dad and just spending good quality time in the woods with him. So stay tuned for that and I am gonna do some cooking recipes with this deer over the winter. So stay tuned, guys. God bless you. God speed in the great outdoors and I'll see you soon.